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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1914
Page
2
A satirical piece on the voter’s burden amid ubiquitous, contradictory political information. It traces pre election rumors, alleged scandals, and shifting denunciations from April to election day, criticizing the media and educated readers for shaping public opinion and urging private detectives to aid voters.
The Chicago Herald argues that Republican leaders face a choice between returning to old party order or embracing reform. If they cling to the past they risk reviving the waning Progressive faction. if they maintain compromise and conciliation, party unity and effectiveness could improve by 2016.
An essay contrasts shopping costs with life’s broader prices. It notes human tendency to overlook true cost, cites astigmatism in desire, and warns that popular purchases may carry lifelong installments. It ends by urging wisdom in choosing and mentions Russia’s military obligation from age twenty to forty three.
Iowa gains a revived Town Park and Forestry association that broadens its aims to preserve game and birds, protect lakes, beauty spots, and native flora. The organized effort pledges strong backing for wild life and natural features, calling for public support and active involvement.
City manager form in Dayton keeps five commissioners as a governing body and grants full appointing authority to the manager for department heads and subordinates. Waterloo could maintain or alter township representation under a commission, with four to six commissioners possible. Citizens should learn the plan before opposing it.
A discussion contrasts presidential duty to prevent war with congressional praise seeking. Gardner is cited for highlighting defense gaps to gain notoriety, while the president favors avoiding needless conflict. The piece notes differing incentives shape accountability and inquiry. It also mentions an order for 1.5 million dollars of passenger coaches to the Pullman Company and features a satirical headline about policing and power.
A reflective piece contrasts wealth and poverty with a plea for humility while detailing a harsh scene in a state where pheasants were hunted openly after a Columbus Day open season. The governor defers to the fish and game commission as 64,000 licensed guns mow through the birds amid ongoing slaughter.
The 1896 introduction of Chinese pheasants in Massachusetts led to rapid growth through 1906 when a one month open season yielded about 8000 cock birds killed by licensed gunners. A 1908 closed season followed as the population expanded, with many birds becoming tame in urban areas and threatening other poultry and crops.
Pex writers for cirts have gained an immediate large following for Amy Bell Marlowe. Though she has written only five books, her name becomes a household word among young readers. Her new book The Oldest of Four, from Grosset and Dunlap, tells of a wide awake American girl suddenly tasked with household duties.
A distraught family narrative follows Natalie as she copes with her father’s disappearance and a wreck at sea while her mother falls ill and her sisters seek support. Natalie, a natural writer, balances chores and struggle to make ends meet, ultimately charting a path to success despite early adversity. The ad promotes a Foley remedy and free trial package, tying illness and need to consumer health products.
A Berlin release details Germanys conscription rules from age seven teen to forty five. It outlines active duty terms by branch three to ten years, reserve and landwehr service, exemptions for health and imprisonment, and penalties plus post service pension and career options for veterans. The document notes varying pay and duties, frontline deployment during emergencies, and family support measures during major maneuvers.
The World urges financiers to embrace reforms enacted by Congress, noting new banking and currency systems, a strengthened anti trust law, and an income tax. It argues controversies are centered in New York while reforms are broadly accepted elsewhere, and calls business to recognize reforms as desirable and support their success.
For years press reports highlighted bisurated magnesia as an effective antacid aiding digestion by stopping fermentation and neutralizing stomach acid. Now a leading drug manufacturer offers a 3 grain tablet that preserves the powder’s benefits in a convenient form, increasingly prescribed by physicians.
St Josephs Court 868 Foresters elected officers for the new year at Sealion hall last evening and voted a $5 donation to the Good Fellows club. Officers include Spiritual director Rev Edward Slattery chief ranger A F Butterfield past chief ranger A A Duba vice chief ranger M Galvin financial secretary J J Gorman recording secretary M J McDermott treasurer J M Schilling speaker Thomas Webber trustee J H Gaswilter senior conductor James McLaughlin junior conductor Pat Carroll inside sentinel W Opperman outside sentinel Pat Meaney. Butterfield named delegate to the state convention at Storm Lake in June with Duba as alternate.
Real estate transfers list parcels in Waterloo with buyers and prices including Gadar Valley Development Co to Lo L J Taylor for lot 146 Pleasant View and A Bown to Ernest L Alexander for lot 19 block 4 Forest Park. Also George L Merritt to Anvie James a coal tract at Cedar F as intersection of Nineteenth and Olive streets extended and United States to Truman C Randall for no 1-4 of no 1-4 sec 12 89 13. A gasoline driven itching machine in use in the Florida everglades is so large that quarters for its crew of eight men are carried on top of it.
Nicholas Ahlers, former German consul in Sunderland, was convicted of high treason by the Durham Assizes and sentenced to death. The defense argued lack of treason intent, while the prosecution led by Sir Stanley Buckmaster highlighted his admitted German allegiance and efforts to aid mobilization for Germany.
The Syndicate building is installing a new 125 horsepower boiler to furnish heat for the coming winter at an estimated cost of $4. The work aims to improve heating efficiency and ensure reliable warmth during cold months.
An advertisement touts Mi-Ona for indigestion and stomach distress. It claims the preparation increases gastric juices and strengthens stomach walls, offering prompt relief from heartburn sour stomach and biliousness. Wangier Bros. Co. sells the tablets with a money back caveat.
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